U.S.NBC NewsMom who posed as daughter to sneak into Texas middle school arrested
A Texas mother who said she posed as her daughter to sneak into a middle school to expose security flaws was arrested Friday. Casey Garcia was arrested in connection with a 2017 traffic violation and booked on additional charges of criminal trespass and tampering with a government document, according to El Paso County jail records. Garcia on Wednesday posted a video to YouTube showing her entering Ann M. Garcia-Enriquez Middle School and attending her daughter classes, wearing a hoodie, a mask and thick black glasses.
U.S.Associated PressUS has recovered ransom payment made after pipeline hack
The Justice Department has recovered the majority of a multimillion-dollar ransom payment to hackers after a cyberattack that caused the operator of the nation's largest fuel pipeline to halt its operations last month, officials said Monday. The operation to recover the cryptocurrency from the Russia-based hacker group is the first undertaken by a specialized ransomware task force created by the Biden administration Justice Department, and reflects what U.S. officials say is an increasingly aggressive approach to deal with a ransomware threat that in the last month has targeted critical industries around the world. Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline, which supplies roughly half the fuel consumed on the East Coast, temporarily shut down its operations on May 7 after a gang of criminal hackers known as DarkSide broke into its computer system.
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Israeli intelligence chief warns of political violence as Netanyahu attacks government waiting to replace him
Few Israelis expected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to leave quietly after 12 straight years in power, but the vitriol he has unleashed on the members of the "change coalition" set to replace him, and the response from his supporters, has raised concerns of political violence. Politicians, commentators, and even Israeli spy chiefs are comparing the moment to the lead-up to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol or the 1995 assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin by a far-right Israeli settler. Netanyahu, at a meeting of his Likud party on Sunday, alleged that the election was marred by fraud and urged lawmakers to vote against seating the coalition government next week.
U.S.Raleigh News and ObserverWoman opens fire on family of 6 heading to vacation in road-rage attack, MO cops say
A family of six came under fire along a stretch of Missouri highway last week while on their way to vacation, and a 22-year-old mother is accused of pulling the trigger. According to police, the family from Tennessee was heading to Kansas City on I-55 in their Nissan Pathfinder on Friday when a Ford Focus started tailgating the SUV. The Pathfinder driver braked to tell the Focus to slow down or go around, KMOV reported.
U.S.National ReviewTwitter Suspends Fraudulent COVID Whistleblower Rebekah Jones
Twitter has suspended the account of Rebekah Jones, the former dashboard manager for the Florida Department of Health who falsely claimed she was ordered to alter raw data in order to make the state's coronavirus response look better. Jones initially claimed she was fired from her role as a dashboard manager over her refusal to alter the state's COVID data to protect the reputation of the DeSantis administration, but public records obtained by National Review's Charles Cooke show that she never had access to the raw data in the first place — and was in fact fired for repeated performance failures and insubordination. After being confronted with her own personnel records, Jones admitted that she was “never” asked to delete information on coronavirus deaths from the public dashboard and went so far as to say she had never claimed otherwise, despite the existence of numerous tweets and other public statements in which she clearly accused her superiors of ordering her to cover up the true number of COVID deaths in Florida.
PoliticsCBS NewsManchin says he'll vote against Democratic elections bill
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, who holds the key Democratic vote in the evenly divided Senate, said Sunday he will oppose a sweeping election and campaign finance reform bill and instead encouraged his colleagues to pass voting rights legislation that can garner bipartisan backing. In an op-ed for the Charleston Gazette-Mail published Sunday, Manchin said he plans to vote against the House-passed For the People Act, which is set to be taken up by the Senate at the end of June, because it is too partisan. Manchin's decision not to support the bill effectively dooms its passage in the Senate, where Democrats and Republicans hold 50 seats each, and Vice President Kamala Harris casts tie-breaking votes.
U.S.Miami Herald‘F*** this baby.’ Cops say Hialeah mom made videos of her slapping, suffocating newborn
Police have arrested a Hialeah woman who investigators say got into an argument with her ex-boyfriend and began sending him disturbing videos of her suffocating and repeatedly slapping their 5-week-old baby girl, and threatening to kill the child. According to an arrest report, Bryunna Joyce, 19, even falsely claimed the baby had already died, along with messages including, “I'm just act like its a accident“ and “f*** this baby.” Unable to find her, she reported the missing children to Hialeah police, which mobilized officers for an urgent search throughout Sunday.
U.S.LA TimesIn Guatemala, Harris tells would-be migrants to U.S., 'You will be turned back'
Vice President Kamala Harris met with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Monday, opening a two-day visit here and in Mexico aimed ultimately at reducing the poverty, violence and corruption that have helped prompt thousands of migrants from Central America to head to the United States. On her first foreign trip as vice president, Harris stressed in Giammattei's presence that national leaders must give people reasons to stay in their home countries. “And I believe if you come to our border, you will be turned back," Harris said during a joint news conference.
U.S.The StateTourists find dying woman who plunged 80 feet from canyon in Utah’s Zion National Park
A woman was making her way through a canyon at Zion National Park when she plunged 50 to 80 feet. The 26-year-old was canyoneering alone Sunday when she fell in Mystery Canyon, Zion officials said. Tourists in the area found the injured woman and called for help.
PoliticsKansas City StarJosh Hawley wants Anthony Fauci out, but he knows who really fumbled the pandemic
Josh Hawley is calling for the head of the man he claims is responsible for the United States' tragically inept response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Friday, Missouri's junior senator joined the chorus of GOP voices insisting that Dr. Anthony Fauci must step down as director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. “The time has come for Fauci to resign and for a full congressional investigation into the origins of #COVID19 — and into any and all efforts to prevent a full accounting,” he tweeted.
U.S.Associated Press2 arrested in California road rage killing of 6-year-old
A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with a road rage shooting that killed a 6-year-old boy last month on a Southern California freeway, authorities said. Marcus Anthony Eriz, 24, and Wynne Lee, 23, were detained Sunday outside a home in Costa Mesa south of Los Angeles, the California Highway Patrol said in a statement. Aiden Leos was fatally shot in the abdomen on May 21 while seated in the back seat of a car driven by his mother, Joanna Cloonan in the city of Orange.
U.S.Miami HeraldAn Atlanta woman is near death. Her sister accidentally shot her, Miami Beach cops say
Doctors say an Atlanta woman has “no expectancy of survival” after being shot accidentally by her sister in a car entering Miami Beach Sunday evening. That's according to an unredacted arrest report for Atlanta resident 24-year-old Taniyria Holt, booked for now on charges of culpable negligence that inflicts personal injury and improper exhibition of firearms. The victim, according to the unredacted arrest report, is Holt's 18-year-old sister, Dre'Naya Ponder.
U.S.CBS NewsTexas bakery sells out of inventory after facing Pride backlash
Confections in Lufkin, Texas announced on Thursday that it would be selling rainbow cookies for Pride Month. Confections took to Facebook to reveal that many of its customers had sent hateful messages and canceled orders and claimed its "likes" were also plummeting.
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Family torn apart after Honolulu police shoot, kill Black man
Lindsay Myeni and her South African husband moved to Hawaii, where she grew up, believing it would be safer to raise their two Black children here than in another U.S. state.
BusinessBBCApple employees rally against office working plan
Apple employees have launched a campaign to push back against Tim Cook's plans for a widespread return to the office, according to reports. It follows an all-staff memo last week in which the Apple boss said workers should be in the office at least three days a week by September. But staff are demanding more flexibility, according to an internal letter obtained by news site The Verge.
U.S.The StateDNA evidence leads to murder charge after man died at Columbia motel, police say
DNA evidence has led to a murder charge after a body was found at an area motel, the Columbia Police Department said Monday. Bobby Sabb, 52, was arrested days after a man died at the Super 8 motel in 5700 block of Fairfield Road/U.S. 321, police said in a news release. DNA evidence collected at the motel helped identify Sabb as a suspect, according to the release.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderFox News anchor Chris Wallace grilled Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, suggesting he's 'naive' about bipartisanship in his filibuster stance
Sen. Joe Manchin wrote an op-ed article reiterating his reluctance to end the filibuster. On "Fox News Sunday," Chris Wallace pressed Manchin on his hopes for bipartisan cooperation. "Haven't you empowered Republicans to be obstructionists?" Wallace asked.
U.S.INSIDERColorado principal resigns after students posted a photo reenacting George Floyd's murder in the school parking lot
A principal at a Colorado high school reportedly resigned on Monday after students were pictured reenacting George Floyd's murder in the school parking lot. The resignation of Rachel Ayers, the principal of Mead High School in Longmont, Colorado, was announced to parents in a letter from St. Vrain Valley School District Superintendent Don Haddad. "I want to thank her for her lengthy service to the Mead High community for the past 12 years as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal, and I wish Mrs. Ayers the very best in her future endeavors," Haddad wrote in the letter, which was shared with Insider.
PoliticsThe IndependentG7 Summit: When does Joe Biden arrive in the UK?
The first summit of the world's advanced economies — or the G7 — in almost two years will see the leaders of Canada, Europe, and the United States convene in the southwest of the UK this weekend. It will be Joe Biden's first international trip abroad as US president, and his first face-to-face meeting with the leaders of Germany, France, Italy Japan, the EU and Britain. In the wake of Donald Trump's disregard for international institutions, Mr Biden can be expected to announce a comeback of the world's democracies and alliances during the weekend.
PoliticsThe IndependentTed Cruz appears to leave hearing after getting called out for ‘complete distortion’ of facts
US senator Ted Cruz appeared to walk out of a hearing after a testy exchange over two of president Joe Biden's picks for key Justice Department positions. During a hearing on gun violence on Tuesday, the Republican lawmaker from Texas was detailing his opposition to Vanita Gupta and Kristen Clarke, two women of colour with extensive civil rights legal experience. Ms Gupta was confirmed as associate attorney general for the US after working as head of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division in the Obama administration.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderJen Psaki says she wants to stop reporters from turning the White House briefing room into 'a forum for propaganda'
Jen Psaki said she didn't want the White House briefing room to become "a forum for propaganda." The briefing room is set to return to full capacity on Monday. Psaki has been the subject of news stories about her shutting down some reporters.
U.S.INSIDERThere are so many cicadas hatching in the mid-Atlantic that they're being picked up by weather radar
There are so many cicadas emerging in the mid-Atlantic that weather radar is picking them up. The National Weather Service told us radar is identifying "biological" substances, likely cicadas. The NWS said meteorologists should be able to determine the difference between weather and cicada.
WorldBusiness InsiderThe Supreme Court said it won't hear a case challenging why only men have to register for the draft in the US
The Supreme Court on Monday said it wouldn't hear a case challenging male-only selective service. Justice Sonia Sotomayor announced the denial on behalf of herself and Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Stephen Breyer. The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case that would've debated the merits of male-only selective service in the US military.
PoliticsThe IndependentObama says Black and Jewish Americans both know ‘dark side of human nature’
Former president Barack Obama says Black and Jewish Americans have a bond – over experiencing the worst of humanity. “Black and Jewish Americans understand the dark side of human nature better than just about anyone,” he told Jewish Insider. Mr Obama made the comments in an interview with JI, which posed 13 questions to him by email.
U.S.The IndependentThree killed and several wounded in shooting after graduation party in Florida
At least three people have been killed and multiple individuals have been injured after a shooting following a graduation party in Florida. The shooting occurred at around 2am on Sunday morning in a hookah lounge in a strip mall in Kendall in Miami-Dade County, southwest of Miami. It's the second mass shooting to take place in the area on consecutive weekends, police said.
“It may seem desperate at this point, but I can’t be mad at any and all efforts to get people vaccinated.”
“I won’t get rich, but I will get to live my life. That seems like reward enough.”
“Offering incentives may encourage people who are not actively opposed to vaccination but may have put it off.”
“At some point, the government is simply rewarding irresponsible behavior.”
“Sure, people should do it without needing an incentive. But what’s the alternative? Not enough people get vaccinated.”